Snyder's Spartan Takes

Tag: college-basketball

  • We’re on to Purdue.

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    Take a deep breath Spartan Nation. Michigan State beats Minnesota 77-67 today to advance to the Big 10 Tournament quarterfinals against Purdue tomorrow. This win also almost guarantees that the Spartans will be making their 26th straight NCAA tournament appearance trailing only Kansas in that department. This was a grind it our type of win…

  • And with that.. the regular season is over.

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    Michigan State needed at least one win this week to stay in the NCAA tournament field. That is exactly what Sparty did because why win both, right? Ha. Like I kind of said in the preview, Northwestern had the better record but Indiana might give MSU more problems. The Spartans were able to get the…

  • A crucial week: Northwestern and Indiana preview.

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    We are now in the month synonymous with college basketball, March; a month Tom Izzo knows quite well. The good thing about being a Michigan State fan is that the outside fans don’t really pay attention to the team until March. I definitely see this in the national media because I almost never see MSU…

  • An A for effort.

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    I will preface this by saying I am almost always against moral victories, key word almost. Now with that said it is very hard for me to get mad at the performance from the team last night. It was not all great so let me start off with the bad… Purdue pretty much got the…

  • MSU vs. Purdue Preview

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    If this matchup between the Purdue Boilermakers and Michigan State Spartans happened to be the season opener this game would be getting hype all over. The Spartans entered the season ranked #4 in the polls which was just behind #3 Purdue. Since the start of the season the teams have gone in different directions. Purdue…

  • A classic Michigan State week.

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    In the common Michigan State fashion, the Spartans lose the game they should win and win the game they should lose. Whenever someone tells me they have bad news and good news I always want to get the bad news out of the way first, so let’s talk about that first. Going into Minnesota on…

  • Weekly Preview: Minnesota and Illinois

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    This upcoming week is huge for the Michigan State basketball team as they have a chance to get into 3rd place in the B10 standings by going 2-0 this week. Any and every college basketball broadcast that you watch talks about how difficult it is to win on the road and that is something the…